Improvement in soidering-machines



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Soldering-Machine.

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V WITNESSES: INVENTUM RICHARD HENRY SMITH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T() MRS.

SARAH JANE SMITH, OF SAME PLAGE. 1

IMPROVEMENT IN SOLDERING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. IGLQSQ, dated March 23, 1875; application led January 4, 1875.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, RICHARD HENRY SMITH, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Gapping Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical side elevation; Fig. 2, a plan view, Fig. 3, a rear elevation ot' the solderingiron holder 5 and Fig. 4, a sectional view of the central bearing-plates.

This invention relates to certain improvements in machines for capping-cans; and it consists in the adjustment of the soldering devices, and in the combination, with the turntable, ot' independently-rotating detachable seats for the cans, having adjustable clamping devices for the different sizes of cans.

In the drawing, A represents the supporting-table provided with a central plate, B, to

which is attached a vertical pin or stud, a.

The said plate forms a bearing upon which, and the said stud a journal around which,l moves the plate C, attached to the turn-table. D is a circular railway7 attached to table A, upon which run the rollers E, attached to the turn-table. F is a short vertical bolt contained inside a case, b, and held up by a spiral spring, c. Said bolt engages with recesses e in the turn-table, and locks the same in proper position. G is a treadle attached, by a Wire, d, or other suitable connection, with the lower end of bolt F, so that, by depressing the said treadle, the bolt is withdrawn from the recess and the turn-table allowed to rotate. His the turntable, provided upon its outer edge with a series of independentdetachable rotary seats, I, for holding the cans. The said seats are provided with studs f, which tit into sockets g, and render the said seats detachable. J are adjustable clamping devices moving in slots in the seat, whereby the same is adapted to different-sized cans, round or square. K is an adjustable standard, which is attached to the stud a, and is connected with the frame L by means of a hinge or joint, M, by means of which arrangement the soldering devices are applied to or removed from the cath X. N is an adjustable tube, held in the frame L by means ofthe binding-screw L. Said tube is intended to clamp the perforated cap, and to allow the steam to escape through the same while the cap is being' soldered. O is a handle attached to the upper end of the said tube by means of which the same is manipulated; and P is a yielding sleeve which, with the aid ot' the spiral spring t', clamps the can and forms an axis upon which the can rotates upon the seat. Q is an arc-shaped solderingiron; and R the soldering-iron holder, which is vertically adjustable in the piece k by means of the binding-screw j, and horizontally adjustable by means of the binding-screw Z and the slotted piece 7c. Said soldering-iron holder has a slot or recess, m, in the rear, through which the flame from a compound blow-pipe, S, is directed upon the solderingiron. Said blow-pipe consists ofthe ordinary form of concentric tubes, ot' which a and o are the connections for the air and gas respectively.

In the operation of my machine I employ' the services of two hands, generally a man to operate the soldering devices, and a boy on the opposite side ot the machine to remove and replace the cans, and place bits of solder upon the same ready for the capper. The turn-table is rotated by the capper by means of the knobs T, and the cans when brought upon the seat directly below the soldering devices, is locked and held in position by the spring-bolt in the recess under the turn-table. The soldering devices are now pressed down upon the can, with the clamping-sleeve around the perforation in the cap, and the can is rotated upon the seat, which motion brings successively different portions of the periphery ofthe cap under the soldering-iron and fastens the said oap. .The treadle is now depressed, the turn-table rotated, and the same action repeated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. The soldering-iron holder R, having a rear opening, m, and adjustable vertically and longitudinally by the slotted piece k and bindthe sockets g, substantially as and' for the purng-screws j and Z, in combination with thse pose described.

hinged frame L and compound blow-pipe substantially as and for the purpose described. RICHARD HENRY SMITH' 2. The independently rotating and detach- Witnesses:

able seats I, having the adjustable clamping C. H. PALMER,

devices J and the studs f, in combination with BENJ. THOMAS, Jr. 

